Broadway’s first couple, Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, had a pretty good 2008.
He had a long run in the final Kander and Ebb musical, Curtains, and she was the Lady of the Lake in Monty Python’s Spamalot. They also criss-crossed the country doing concerts together, and he recently released his album Jason Danieley and the Frontier Heroes.
The big...

Broadway may have been pretty quiet last Saturday night (what with the stagehands strike and all), but the Broadway show tunes were ringing sweetly through the Bay Area.
More specifically the show tunes of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty were in the air on both sides of the Bay.
In Berkeley, the newly formed Berkeley Playhouse opened its inaugural production,...

Every year around the Fourth of July, I like to celebrate something entirely American: the musical.
I’m a little late this year, but it’s my patriotic duty. So here, better late than never, are some show tune suggestions to get you through the summer.
Of course the original cast album of the moment is Spring Awakening (Decca Broadway). The Duncan...

First, to clarify a few things: in another era, Marin Mazzie would be the biggest kind of Broadway star (think Ethel Merman or Carol Channing) and composers would be falling all over themselves to write shows for a singing actress who can do everything from broad comedy to heart-wrenching drama, all the while hitting the most glorious notes imaginable..
Another...